Volt \Volt\, n. [F. volte; cf. It. volta. See Vault.]

1. (Man.) A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.

2. (Fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Volt \Volt\, n. [After Alessandro Volta, the Italian electrician.]

(Elec.) The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one amp[`e]re. It is practically equivalent to 1000/1434 the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15[deg] C.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)